1330 AWARD OF TIIE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



American schooners came iiisbore and enticed the mackerel away by 

 feeding them, thus preventing our people from catching any more. 

 r ! I have also heard our fishermen complain that the Americans 

 came inshore to set their nets for bait, thus preventing them from ob- 

 taining a sufficiency. 



13. 1 have often seen American schooners come into the coves and set 

 their nets for bait. 



14. The various kinds offish taken inshore by the Americans are also 

 taken by our fishermen. 



13. A* great increase has taken place in the cod fishery since 1871, 

 caused no doubt by the absence of the Americans from our waters, thus 

 allowing our fishing grounds to be restocked. 



1C. Herring are all caught inshore, the Americans catching them for 

 bait only on this coast. 



17. I have heard it stated that our mackerel is superior to the Ameri- 

 can, but am not personally cognizant of the fact. 



18. It is undoubtedly a source of great advantage to the Americans 

 to IM? allowed to laud, dry and repair their nets on this coast. 



19. The transshipment of cargoes will also be a great advantage to 

 the Americans, as it will enable them to keep on the fishing grounds 

 and thus double their fares. 



20. The catching or buying of bait is also a great advantage for 

 American fishermen. When they buy, it is to save time. 



21. The Americans could not carry on the cod and halibut fisheries 

 without procuring bait within our limits. 



22. The privilege of transshipping cargoes, as now to be enjoyed by 

 the Americans, will be equal to one load, and that of getting bait forced 

 and halibut is nearly equal to the value of those fisheries. 



23. Fishing in our waters by the Americans is, and always has been, 

 a serious injury to our fishermen, who cannot cope with them on account 

 of the superiority of their vessels and fishing gear. 



EDMUXD FLYNST. 



Sworn to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief, at Perce, 

 county of Gaspe, Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, this 23th 

 day ot Julv, A. D. 1877, before me. 



E. y. DUVAL, 

 Justice of the Peace for the Province of Quebec. 



So. 202. 



1 1 the matter of the Fisheries Commission at Hilifax, under the Treaty 



of Washington. 



I, JOHN VAEDOX, of Mai Bay, in the county of Gaspe", province of 

 Quebec, planter, and justice of the peace, do* make oath and say as 

 follows: 



1. I have been engaged in and am intimately acquainted with the 

 various fisheries on the coast of Gaspe, and those of the north shore of 

 the St. Lawrence, upwards of 48 years. 



. Previous to and during the existence of the Reciprocity Treaty a 

 large fleet of American schooners frequented our coast for fishing p\ir- 



pOH68. 



3. I have often seen the American schooners close inshore catching 

 mackerel, and should say that I have seen as manv as one hundred sail 

 at one time in Mai Bay. 



4. During many successive seasons I have seen from 100 to 150 



